. Academy of Management is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize‚ preserve and extend access to The Academy of Management Review. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 41.13.52.46 on Tue‚ 23 Jul 2013 08:32:37 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions Review 1980‚ Vol.5‚ No. 1‚49-64 Academyof Management Structure Organization A Critical and Performance: Review1 DAN R. DALTON Indiana University WILLIAM TODOR D. The Ohio State University MICHAELJ. SPENDOLINI
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the ground for future empirical research are provided. 1 1. Introduction The importance of the resource-based view (RBV) of strategic management is manifest in its rapid diffusion throughout the strategy literature (e.g.‚ Wernerfelt‚ 1984; Rumelt‚ 1984; Barney‚ 1986‚ 1991; Dierickx & Cool‚ 1989; Mahoney & Pandian‚ 1992; Amit & Schoemaker‚ 1993; Peteraf‚ 1993; Maijoor & Witteloostuijn‚ 1996). Drawing on previous research in RBV‚ this study aims at illustrating the interrelationships between
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competitive advantage has led to significant changes in the purchasing role amongst public and private sector organisations. INTRODUCTION One of the fundamental questions facing modern organisations is how to achieve and sustain competitive advantage (Rumelt et al 1994) within an increasingly fast moving environment. Supply Chain Management (SCM) is critical element of model business strategy and globalisation trends where Organisations can create significant competitive advantage. SCM has many definitions
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Structure in 5 ’s: A Synthesis of the Research on Organization Design Author(s): Henry Mintzberg Source: Management Science‚ Vol. 26‚ No. 3 (Mar.‚ 1980)‚ pp. 322-341 Published by: INFORMS Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2630506 Accessed: 22/01/2010 02:03 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides‚ in part‚ that unless you
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Corporate Strategy Fall 2008 Lecture 1 Introduction to Corporate Strategy with an Historical Perspective Dr. Olivier Furrer Office: TvA 1-1-11‚ Phone: 361 30 79 e-mail: o.furrer@fm.ru.nl Office Hours: only by appointment Lecture 1 © Furrer 2002-2008 1 Discussion Themes 1. Introduction (See Collis and Montgomery‚ 1997‚ Ch. 1) – The Need for Corporate Strategy – What is Corporate Strategy? – A Framework for Corporate Strategy 3. Corporate Strategy Analytical Tools (See
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//~‘L~ FIRST-MOVER ADVANTAGES Marvin B. Lieberman David B. Montgomery’ October 1987 Research Paper No. 969 1The authors are‚ respectively‚ Assistant Professor of Business Policy‚ and Robert A. Magowan Professor of Marketing‚ at the Stanford Business School. We thank Piet Vanden Abeele‚ Rajiv Lal‚ Mark Satterthwaite and Birger Wernerfelt for helpfiul discussions on earlier drafts. The Strategic Management Program at Stanford Business School provided financial support. / ~‘N ~ Abstract
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competitive advantage is simply a competitive advantage that lasts for a longer period of calendar time (Porter‚ 1985). A competitive advantage is sustained only after the efforts to duplicate the advantages of the strategy have been ceased (Lippman and Rumelt‚1982). " Michael Porter’s Viewpoint Sustainable competitive advantage is when a strategy is implemented and the same strategy is not being implemented by the current or potential competitor and that advantage lasts for a longer period of
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TERM PAPER OF MANAGEMENT PRACTICES & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR ON EMPLOYEE BEHAVIOUR & ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE ABSTRACT Nothing is permanent in this world but “Change” What are your reactions when you hear the word “Change”….?? * Negative Perceptions * Positive Perceptions This term paper contains a journey to organizational change‚ various types of organizational changes‚ responses to those changes. It also includes the reasons why employees resist to changes in an organization
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Strategic Management Journal‚ Vol. 11‚ 171-195 (1990) THE DESIGN SCHOOL: RECONSIDERING THE BASIC PREMISES OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT HENRY MINTZBERG Faculty of Management‚ McGill University‚ Montreal‚ Quebec‚ Canada Among the schools of thought on strategy formation‚ one in particular underlies almost all prescription in the field. Referred to as the ’design school ’‚ it proposes a simple model that views the process as one of design to achieve an essential fit between external threat and opportunity
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Evaluation and Analysis of Ryanair Strategic Position Between 2006 and Today 1. Introduction According to Barrett (2004)‚ the emergence of budget carrier in Europe is due to the economic recession‚ deregulation of the European aviation industry and integration of market. Ryanair is one of the most successful low budget carriers in Europe as it claimed itself as the biggest budget carrier in Europe by passenger number according to its 2010 annual report. Ryanair is renowned for its clear-cut
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